On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 04:18:45PM +1300, Cliff Pratt wrote: > On 12/16/05, xyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with your feelings. Why should we 'settle'? That's exactly the > > mentality that will spell certain doom later on. Why should I 'settle' for > > an OS that must be rebooted multiple times a day? I don't, and hence I > > have large uptimes on even my workstations because of Linux.. why should a > > production mail suite be any different? There are solutions out there, > > they just need to be found. :) > > box once a month or so, but those days are long gone. I really don't know > what people do to their Windows boxes if they have to reboot them "multiple > times a day".
They patch them. * At least, from observing others, that seems to be standard practice (and it generally requires a reboot). Personally, I patch all the Linux systems each morning if there are things that need updating, during work time. No-one notices. Matthew * Admittedly not "multiple times a day", though. -- Matthew Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and e-mail Systems Administrator, Network Support Section, Computer Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/